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Agriculture · Q650

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 650

Q650

Which component of ETC is not a protein?

A.
Cytochrome
B.
Ubiquinone
Answer
C.
Cytochrome oxidase
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Ubiquinone is a component of ETC and is not a protein.
Ubiquinone is a mobile component of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, where it acts as a pro-oxidant in its ubisemiquinone state.
Ubiquinone (Q) accepts the electrons from both complex I and complex II and delivers them to complex III. Complex III pumps protons through the membrane and passes its electrons to cytochrome c for transport to the fourth complex of proteins and enzymes.